Bean-harvester.



. KELLER.

BEAN HARVESTER. APPLICATION FLED IIDEC. 4. 41911.

Patented Apr. 15, 19H3.

4 SHEETS-SHEET l.

G. R. & 0. 0. KELLER` BEAN HARVESTER.

l APPLICATION FILED DBU. 4. 1911.

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Patented Apr.15, 1913.

C. R. & 0. G KELLER.

BEAN HARVESTER. APPLIUATIUN FILED 13H24, i911.

C. R. 6a O. O. KELLER.

BEAN HARVESTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 4, 1911:

Patented Apr. 15,1913.

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i l i; "o that they may he raised andv owered to adjust them to verging coneliions: il. nrtienhrly so that the knives and their infie may be raised when it is dei et the end of n field or when it `revel Without operating the lle rss'eino' nwehzinisni pi :tlf/ly eduhi; ,vertirel rode toeliet? l et t r lower ende.

teeth. f3.6 :it tlieir upper h' merih with the meh teeth Fed on n FS extending" thellorwnrd end et the f l0. hand lever 39 aliiorsile menus 'tor rota/ting; he shaft 38 and pinions 37 and for raising and lowering rods 35 and. the meehnm tttnehed thereto.

We have shown a preferred means oli driving; the conveyor belts 'from the rear Wheel v12: (En the "rear Wheel we have mounted. "bevel gear' 5G meshing with :i gear 5l on le* gitndinnl shaft SQ. Shft 5'2 is'thus rotat in the direction indicated by the errer? in Fig. At the forward end of sh *t f rotatirely connect to n` vert' l shaft 54. in si 'table bearings 55. A Sprocket Wheel. '58 is Sliduhly mounted on the upper end oi this shaft, and at the seme time rotative-ly secured thereto3 by e hey A. member extending 'from the frame tion' l i 1" hoard soringfi. 'lfhe two hoorde Verge, as do the helts lll, so is the bunches of: henne they ere' passino' w through the convey fr. The spring e0 licite prevent bre/@liege eheuld :f 't the upper end of the eonveyer @e0 for e eef-stein zin/leent of resilienev in tine large hunch or. hei-ms be :torce:

the heim vines are diseherged into a trough or other Ineens 70, this trough leedin to -i point f`li really over hnndling hoz; 8G.

hih nn opening ill init bottom eno 1 l this; openii o l bundling nox 8G. n"fireetly the o ing R1 there wronged a, of' pri i 90 WhiJ'h :ire ted. to he. forced the op t time 'when a bundle t to h egeeted from the box ieiwlnoter), thus prevent erung El. n henne 1s aber x e (explnhied l the been vines from being pulled trom trough 'TO into the` loundling,l box` and facilitating the Cutting ot the rines.

llottom hoard of the conveyor is Supported. et iteY lower end on :l transverse bur 7l. setured to 'treme memlflers l0". The lower ends ot rollers Zl-: .fire journnled ou this` hozirih und tht Slmfir: l-l" of them rolhr geni-:1 YQ beneath the board lll. fr Pross Shotl Tf1 with genre il serves lo rohrtively {cometh-vt gtzliif'zq.: Ho that roller# -li und the oom-4 'er 'Hells il :ire )nude to more in the Cori-'xl relative directions. Driving of thmeehauisin is nerornplislied by n, sunull ehm having gearing connu-tions '7G with shut( :'32 and haring n teur 77 meshing' with 5c-nr 72. The upper ends; of rollers 45 :ire iournnled in supports TS from from@ memhere a. ,Rollers it?. are jourmiled in broek` ets 79 mounted on the trough 70, the trough being; Supporlecldirectly on box 80.

,Bundling box 80 is mounted on suitable frame extensions 95 and has only sides 9G and a rear end 97 Vertirnl slots 98 :ire eut in its sides 96 and lthrough these slots prongsA 99 project. Prongs 99 :ire mounted 0n members 100 whose upper ends move through un oral path with major axis horizont-ntl. The members 100 :ire directlyY :it tac-hed to rrsmls 101 which revolve :wound sh; its 10Q, :ind the portions of the memberq itl() iclizu'ent cranks therefore receive n rotary motion, The lower ends of the lueur here lOtl :ire prix ably provided with pins tOi-E which more vertically in slots lill, thun rrslrieting the lower ends ot the members l reriproeution. lWhen ennks 101 he upper ende of the members l'rreiigh n more or less elliptic or "villa o longer horizontal than. ver" Supposing the cranks to he 'um 1o the direotiim indicated by the fh, it will he Seen that the more inwardly und doiifnii'nrdly i" Yhen will move down4 y i, This motion pee s the been wines into a more or lese solid muss within the hex. The bottoni :1nd the forward end the nox :1re formed by radial memherS which are mounted ou :i Shuftt lll it rik melee to each. other there heine" four o these rm inl members, two of them 'within tue hex :it any one time. l'ilrelmnism is provided Se that the members iiiill stop in the poitions el tbhuneh of: henri rines will be dii/opted on elt '10 n'toimted on rollers .lill :md truwungj l'lmn-xm illy m the direoti fated .the (ne-termin lll() shaft 16; so that the eccentric 170 is turned positions except that the memliers 1.00 carryiup; prongs tltwill be in-position to withv draw the prongs 99 `trom the box 80. lYe have hereinbetore said that it is preferable to have the relative rotations of shafts 1,02

and gears 151 measured by a whole number; and it' gears 181 and '182 bear simple relations to each other, then it is easily tixed that the cam follower 183 shall. be raised by the cam 180 just when the prongs 99 are in their outward position. vWhen the clutch member 1.61 comes back to its normal position, 'the sha-,tt llt has been turned through a quarter revolution and the bunch. ot beans resting upon one of the members 110 has been dropped on to the con veyer belt 120.

To' provide for separatingthe bunch of beans Within the box S0 vfrom the beans being forced through the trough 70, we have provided the prongs 90 situated ashereinbefore explained. These prongs are all mounted on membersv 220, one on each side of the machine, and these members slide in-Y wardly and outwardly on guide rods 221. 'lhey are moved inwardly and outwardly through the medium of arms 222 pivoted at 223, as best shown in Fi S, and have extensions 524 between which a tension spring 224a is connected to normally pull the arms to the positions illustrated and to hold the prongs 90 out of the trough. (fables 225 and 226 pass over pulleys 227 and 228 in such a i'nanner that., when the cable 22D, to which cables 225 and 226 are connected, is pulled in. the direction indicated, the arms 22 are pulled toward each other and the prongs 90 are moved into the trough over the opening 8l therein. Cable 229 is attached to the ec centric 170 so that the revolution of the eccentric will ,cause the pullingy oi the cable and the op Bration ot the prongs as described.

This will occur at the same time that the members 110 are rotated and the bundle of beans is dropped out. of the box. In the box we have stationarily mounted a knife member 230 which cooperates with memliiers 231 on the ends ot members 110, When the nie'mbers 110 revolve and the beans in the trough are held by the prongs 90, the vines from the trough are Yprevented from passing down into the box and those which are partially inthe bor. and in the trough The conveyor ejector is composed of a belt 1.20 traveling over rollers 121, these rollers being?r supported onza/trame 122 which itself is pivotally supported at 123 so that the Whole conveyor may be turned about. the pivot 123 to thi-ou7 the rear end of the conveyer either to one side or thelother of thc machine. In Figs. E) and 1.0 vve havtl shown a means'ot driving the conveyor in thc di rection indicated. A vertical shatt 250 ,passes up through the 123 and is"pio vided with bevel gears 2.11 and on its upper and lower ends. gear 258 is mounted on a horizontal shaft 254 and meshes with gear 251; and a belt` connection 255 is placed between shaft, 25A-t and one of rollers 121. The bevel gear 232 on the lower end of sha'tt 250 is driven through a. shaft 256 having a gear 25T meshing with the gear 252, the shaft, 256 having a tiexible shaft connection 259 with a small gear 258 meshing with gear 50 on the wheel 1 2.l

Having described our invention. we claim 1. In combination. a bundling` box. n'ieans for bunchingvines therein, a. movable bottom adapted to discharge the bunch from the box, and a. conveyer belty pivoted below the box to swing in a horizontal plane.

2. In combination, a bundling box, a bot tom for the box revoluble about one ot its edges, means for launching vines within the box, means for intermittently revolving the box bottom, and a conveyor arranged beneath the box adjustable to carrjy in one olf several horizontal directions.

ln combination` a bundling box7 means for bunchingr vines or the lilio vvithiu the box. means for dischandinal bundles trom tho box, and a conveyor havingI a conveyingr movement substznitially in a horizontal plane adapted to receive the discharge bundles from the box and adjustable to carry the bundles in any one ot several horiz/.untill directions.

4. ln con'ibination. a bundling box having an open top and a bottom tormed by mehr bers revoluble about an asis near the educ ot' the box, means to intermittently revolve the bottom-members, means to bunch vines or the likeA Within the box, and a conveyor arranged below thc box and adapted to carrv the bundles horizontally therefrom.

5. In combination` a bundling` box havingr an open top, a shaft along one lower edge ot the box,membra-s` arranged on and projiccting` symmetrically troni said shaft and normally standing in such position that one forms the box bottom While :mother terms a side ot the box. means to bunch vines or the like Within the box, means to intermittently rotate the shaft and members through distances correspondingF to the distances between the members, and a horiz/.cul tal conveyor arranged below the box, said conveyor being adiuabie to carry bundles www? noizontaly from o. point beneath the box in. my of several direetons.

6. Xn e device 0i the character desbedj @bundling box open et, its top, erotatebte shaft along one lower edge of 'the box, members projecting thelofom and spaced equally from other around the she-Lft and being normally in euch poen; on that` one forms the bot-tom of the box vfo another ons one lo tt eoi, ineens to ouneh 'vines or the i wit.. in the box' anni menne to intermlttent/ty rotate the shaft and. members.

7 En device of the @infector desoribeft,

a bundllng 'box open at its top, o. rotatable.

shaft along one lower effige of the box, members projecting therefrom and spaced equally from each other around the shaft and being no1-molly in such position that one forms the bottom ot' the box While another forms one side thereof, means to bunch Vines or the like Within the 400x5 coperatng vine entf ters carried by the box and said members.

1n witness that We claim the oregong;- we have hereunto subscribed out names this eleventh dey of November, 1911.

@HARLES R. KELLER. GTT@ O. KELLER. Witnesses T. F. I/ICFARLAND,

GEO. E. HUME. 

